Brett Meriz will be Called to the Torah as
a bar rnitiah an Saturday; Jan. 6, at
Congregation Beth 8halom. He is the
son of proud: parents Mona and Steven
Mertz of Oak Park anclibrother of
Fcited grandparents are Bob
Abromovicliiand
Beryl Perlman of West
Bloomfield and Millie
Mertz of Florida.
Brett is also, proud to
have great-
mother_.*IgniA:
Frances Goldman of
Florida attend- the
simcha.
Brett is a seventh-grader at Norup
Middle School in Oak Park and is on
the school basketball team. He has
played football with the Huntington
Woods Bulldogs for the past four years
and enjoys winter and summer sports.
His mitivah project has been spending
time with the seniors at Coville
Apartments, sharing monthly activities.

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Aaron enjoys ice
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hockey, tennis and
golf. Aaron's most
meaningful mitzvah
project was volunteer-
ing at Yad Ezra.

Ilyssa Heather Yackel (Yaffa Chava) of
West Bloomfield will be called to the
Torah as a bat mitzvah on Jan. 6 at Adat
Shalom Synagogue.
She is the daughter of
Jeffrey and Lauren
Tackel.
Participating in the
Torah service along
vt`iith Ilyssa will be her
parents, Jeffrey and
Lauren, her aunt
Marlene. Platt and her
cousin Beth Markle. Proud grandmother
is Shirley Platt of West Bloomfield. Ilyssa
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is also the granddaughter of the late
Burton J. Platt and the late Irving and
Ruth Tackel.
Ilyssa is a student at Hillel. Day
School of Metropolitan Detroit in
Farmington Hills. Her interests include
sports, dance and spending time with
friends and family. Her mitzvah projects
included working at Adat Shalom nurs-
ery school day camp, donating food to
Yad Ezra and participating in Dor [Dor
at Fleischman Residence.

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Seidman. He is also the grandson of the
late Howard Ehrlichman.
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